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Out of the Shadows - First Contact Mystery Cache

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There have been strange happenings going on in and around Fayetteville over the last several months. Lately the police logs in the paper have been littered with reports of lights in the sky, odd behavior of pets, and even sightings of short green creatures walking around in the woods. Team RuffRidr decided to investigate this strangeness. This series of Close Encounter caches is dedicated to our findings. We hope you enjoy them.

 

January 30, 2005

The sightings that we documented in our last report have continued. There are many witnesses who have come forward and documented their sightings. Recently, however, the visitors have gotten bolder. On the above date, the NRAO's (National Radio Astronomy Observatory) VLA (Very Large Array) radio telescope received a message.

The researchers at the observatory were ecstatic. This was definitely a communication made by an intelligent being. They set out to try and decipher the information as best as they could. As you can see below, part of the message was fairly easy for them to decode. Unfortunately, they have been having trouble with the rest of the message. One of the researchers that was familiar with my work, thought that we may be able to help. He forwarded me the transmissions below.

This is the first transmission. The researchers were able to decipher N 36 08. from an earlier message. We believe that this is the first part of a latitude coordinate. The rest of the message will need to be deciphered to figure out the other three numbers.

N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E37S26E37S226E37S226E37226E372226E3722263722263722263722226372
N048W15N048W15N048W1N048W1N048WW1N048WW1048WW1048WWW1048WW1048WW1048WW10448WW104
9S26E379S26E379S26E79S26EE9S26EEE9S26EE9S26EEES26EEEES26EEES26EEEES26EEEES26EEEE
N048W15N048W15N04815N04481504481550448550444855444855544485544448554444855444485
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S26779S226779S267779S26779S226779S226779S2267
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N048155N04815504815550485550448555044855504485
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S26377926377926377792637792637792663779266377
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N048155N48155N481555N48155N48155N481555N481555
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S26377926377926377792637779263779263777926377
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N048155N04815504815550481555048155048155504815
9S26E379S26E379S26379S226379S263779S26779S226779S267779S26779S226779S267779S2677
N048W15N048W15N04815N04481504481550448550444855444855544485544448554448555444855
9S26E379S26E379S26E79S26E79S26E779S26E79S26E79S26E799S26E79S26E79S26E79SS26E79SS
N048W15N048W15N048W1N048W1N0488W1N0488W10488W104888W104888W14888W148888W148888W1
9S26E379S26E379S26E37S26E37S226E37S226E37226E372226E372226E37226E372226E372226E3
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04

This is the second transmission. The researchers were able to decipher W 094 08. from an earlier message. We believe that this is the first part of a longitude coordinate. Again, the rest of the message will need to be deciphered to figure out the other three numbers.

N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E37S26E37S226E37S226E37226E372226E372226E37226E372226E372226E3
N048W15N048W15N048W1N048W1N048WW1N048WW1048WW1048WWW1048WWW148WWW148WWWW148WWWW1
9S26E379S26E379S26E79S26EE9S26EEE9S26EE9S26EEES26EEEES26EEES26EEEE26EEEEE26EEEEE
N048W15N048W15N04815N04481504481550448550444855444855544485544448554448555444855
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S26779S226779S267779S26779S226779S267779S2677
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N048155N04815504815550481555048155048155504815
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S263779S26379S263379S263379263379263337926333
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N048155N04155N004155N004155N04155N041555N04155
9S26E379S26E379S26379SS26379S263779S26377926377792637779263777263777263777726377
N048W15N048W15N04815N004815N048155N04815N048115N048115N048115N048115048111504811
9S26E379S26E379S26379S226379S263779S26379S266379S266379S26379S226379S263779S2637
N048W15N048W15N04815N04481504481550448550444855044485504445504444554444555444455
9S26E379S26E379S26E79S26E79S26E779S26E79S266E79S266E79S266E9S266E9S266E99S266E99
N048W15N048W15N048W1N048W1N0488W1N04881N04881N04881N004881N04881N048811N048811N0
9S26E379S26E379S26E37S26E37S226E37S22637S22637S22637SS22637SS2637SS26637SS26637S
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04
9S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S26E379S2
N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N048W15N04

Please hide the cache as well as you found it.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle]Vs lbh pna'g qrpbqr gur zrffntr, ybbx uneqre. [cache]Jryy uvqqra ng gur onfr bs n gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)